Answer:
These are the answers for the question:
- the effect of plot events on a character’s growth or development
- the sensory details used to describe the novel’s settings
- the flat characters who don’t change by the end of the story
- the background information provided in the story’s exposition
And this is the correct answer:
- the effect of plot events on a character’s growth or development
Explanation:
Most stories, including novels, are character driven: this means that is the characters (often a few, specially the protagonists and the main antagonists) who carry the story forward, and part of that process is the character's growth or development, which is influenced by the events of the plot.
This character growth is often the most important element of the novel's theme.
Answer and Explanation:
A paraphrase consists of rewording something that was said by someone else. That is, we say the exact same thing but with different words. Therefore, let's take the key information provided in the passage and rewrite them with our own words:
<u>- Every hour and a half or so, while we sleep, we go through a period of REM sleep, which is when we usually dream. At the beginning, those periods last around ten minutes only. However, they keep on increasing throughout the night, reaching even the duration of 45 minutes.</u>